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1.	Morin, Richard
1.	Is Eye Color Associated With Alcoholism Abuse? Washington Post, September 16, 2001, Outlook; Pg. B05 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Addiction; Alcohol Use Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on Jonathan Basset and James Dabb's study of the correlation between eye color and alcohol abuse. Using NLSY data, they find that light-eyed individuals have higher rates of alcohol abuse than dark-eyed individuals.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "Is Eye Color Associated With Alcoholism Abuse?." Washington Post, September 16, 2001, Outlook; Pg. B05.

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2.	It Helps, Even If You Fake It/Property Value Washington Post, Sunday, March 30, 2003, Final Edition, Outlook; Pg. B05. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A45195-2003Mar28¬Found=true Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Adolescent Behavior; Education; Home Ownership; Schooling Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Newspaper article on study by Donald R. Haurin, professor of economics at Ohio State University, that found that parent home ownership positively affects their children's academic performance. The Study utilized NLSY79 Youth and Child data.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "It Helps, Even If You Fake It/Property Value." Washington Post, Sunday, March 30, 2003, Final Edition, Outlook; Pg. B05.

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3.	More Evidence That Lefties Have the Right Stuff Washington Post, August 9, 2006: Pg. A02. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080801631.html Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Earnings; Education; Gender Differences; Handedness; Labor Market Demographics Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on the work of Ruebeck, Harrington, and Moffit, who studied the correlation between right- and left-handedness and earnings. They found that left-handed men earn more than their right-handed counterparts, while right- and left-handed women earn the same amount.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "More Evidence That Lefties Have the Right Stuff." Washington Post, August 9, 2006: Pg. A02.

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4.	New Facts and Hot Stats from the Social Sciences Washington Post, December 18, 1994, Outlook; Pg. C5 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Economics of Minorities; I.Q.; Racial Differences; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT; Wage Gap Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on arguments made against Murray and Herrnstein's "The Bell Curve," a study which utilized NLSY79 data. Carnoy's study, based on "much of the same data as Herrnstein and Murray," maintains that Asian-American's high test scores prove that the wage gap is not solely based on race or I.Q. Thomas argues that the NLSY79 data relied on in "The Bell Curve" only tracked people into their twenties, whereas wage disparities based on race typically become more pronounced when an individual is in his or her thirties.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "New Facts and Hot Stats from the Social Sciences." Washington Post, December 18, 1994, Outlook; Pg. C5.

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5.	Prescription for a Longer Life Washington Post, April 18, 2004, Outlook section; B05 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Male Sample; Mortality Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Newspaper article citing article in Demography by Mark D. Hayward and Bridget K. Gorman on the relationship of childhood circumstances to lifespan.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "Prescription for a Longer Life." Washington Post, April 18, 2004, Outlook section; B05.

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6.	Shotgun Wedding Magic Washington Post, November 11, 2001, Outlook; Pg. B05 Cohort(s): Young Men Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Earnings; Earnings, Husbands; Husbands, Income; Marriage; Wage Determination; Wages; Wages, Men Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article reports on Donna Ginther and Madeline Zavodny's study of the "marriage premium," the phenomenon of married men earning more than bachelors. Using NLS Young Men data, they analyze the earnings of men who were involved in "shotgun weddings" to discern whether it is the marital status which produces the increased wage or if it is simply that the qualities an employer finds desirable are also the qualities a spouse desires
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "Shotgun Wedding Magic." Washington Post, November 11, 2001, Outlook; Pg. B05.

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7.	Spillover Effect Washington Post, April 18, 2002, Outlook; Pg. B05. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A29295-2002Aug17¬Found=true Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): College Education; College Graduates; Earnings; Economic Well-Being; Economics, Demographic; Economics, Regional; Education; Educational Returns; High School Dropouts Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Article on UCLA economist Enrico Moretti's "spillover effect," the theory that an increase in the proportion of college graduates in an area affects all worker's wages. High school dropouts experienced the greatest gain.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "Spillover Effect." Washington Post, April 18, 2002, Outlook; Pg. B05.

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8.	Unconventional Wisdom: New Facts and Hot Stats from the Social Sciences. The Happy (Later) Life Of Orphanage Alums Washington Post, 119, (Jan 14, 1996): C5 col 2 Cohort(s): Mature Women, NLS General Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Foster Care; Wages, Women; Women; Women's Studies Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Career vs. Family: The overwhelming majority of women still don't have it all. But the chances of getting a big chunk of it are improving for women who seek careers and families. Only about one out of seven women currently between the ages of 38 and 51 has managed to "have it all": A successful career and a family, reports Claudia Goldin, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Goldin analyzed U.S. Census figures as well as data collected from thousands of women who participated in the National Longitudinal Survey, a massive study that began tracking the lives of thousands of young women beginning in 1968. Among middle-aged women with successful careers, only half had children. And among women who had children, fewer than one in five had achieved professional success, Goldin said. She defined professional success for a woman in a number of ways, including "exceeding the income of the male college graduate at the top of the bottom 25 percent of male graduates in two or three consecutive years. "Her definition of family was more straightforward: Having at least one child.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "Unconventional Wisdom: New Facts and Hot Stats from the Social Sciences. The Happy (Later) Life Of Orphanage Alums." Washington Post, 119, (Jan 14, 1996): C5 col 2.

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9.	Unconventional Wisdom: The Marriage Money Gap Washington Post, Sunday, May 25, 2003: Page B05. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A33612-2003May23¬Found=true Cohort(s): Mature Women, NLSY79, Older Men, Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Earnings, Husbands; Earnings, Wives; Economic Well-Being; Family Income; Husbands, Income; Wives, Income Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Do husbands and wives have the same view of the family's financial situation? This research shows that when couples are asked separately about finances, very different views emerge of income and wealth. Quantifying the gap between husbands' and wives' financial statements shows half of all couples provide family income values that differ by more than 10% and net worth values that differ by more than 30%. The typical husband states the family receives more income each year and holds more gross assets than his wife states. The typical wife reports the family owes more debts than her husband.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "Unconventional Wisdom: The Marriage Money Gap." Washington Post, Sunday, May 25, 2003: Page B05.

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10.	Up in Smoke Washington Post, February 13, 2005: Pg. B05. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18475-2005Feb12.html Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Assets; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Smoking (see Cigarette Use); Wealth Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article uses Jay Zagorsky's study on the effect of smoking on wealth. NLSY79 data show that non-smokers have a higher net worth than smokers do.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "Up in Smoke." Washington Post, February 13, 2005: Pg. B05.

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11.	Whence Came the 'Bell Curve' Data Plain Dealer, January 20, 1995, Editorials and Forum; Pg. 11B Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Plain Dealer Publishing Co. Keyword(s): NLS Description Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This article discusses the National Longitudinal Survey, its users, its history, and its role in Murray and Herrnstein's "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life." Professor Randy Olsen of the Center for Human Resources Research, the organization that collects NLS data, is interviewed.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard. "Whence Came the 'Bell Curve' Data." Plain Dealer, January 20, 1995, Editorials and Forum; Pg. 11B.

12.	Morin, Richard Deane, Claudia
12.	Welfare Reform Reforms Teens, Study Says Washington Post, (May 28, 2002): A15. Also: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18727-2002May27.html Cohort(s): NLSY79, NLSY97 Publisher: Washington Post Keyword(s): Adolescent Fertility; Behavior; Birth Rate; Educational Attainment; Household Composition; Legislation; Mothers, Education; Parents, Single; School Dropouts; Teenagers; Welfare Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Welfare reform has reduced the birth rate among teenage women who are at the greatest risk of going on public assistance, cut their welfare use and lowered their school dropout rate, according to a paper published last week by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Economists Robert Kaestner and June O'Neill of Baruch College in New York also said that teenage mothers were less likely to go on the dole and "more likely to live with a spouse or to live with at least one parent than in the pre-reform era." If confirmed by additional studies, these results suggest that the 1996 act overhauling the welfare system may be doing what parents, government and social agencies have failed to do: change the behaviors of teenagers -- particularly those most at risk of falling into welfare, Kaestner and O'Neill said. They based their conclusions on a detailed analysis of data from the federally funded National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. This ongoing series of polls annually samples young people and then reinterviews them in succeeding years. Kaestner and O'Neill were particularly interested in tracking the fortunes of "high risk" girls aged 17 and 19 in the 1979 sample and a group of similarly aged teens in the 1997 survey. Both groups were followed for about three years. High-risk teens were defined as girls who, among other things, lived at age 12 in a family headed by a single female and had a mother with relatively little education. The authors found that 28 percent of the 19-year-olds in the 1979 study group had given birth, compared with 19 percent in the 1997 group. The dropout rate stood at 26 percent among 19-year-olds in the 1979 sample but at 16 percent in the most recent group. About 10 percent of these teens in the earlier study had received welfare, compared with 5 percent in the post-reform group. The study comes at a politically propitious time. The 1996 welfare act expires in the fall. The House recently passed a Republican welfare plan but the Senate has not yet voted on welfare legislation.
	Bibliography Citation Morin, Richard and Claudia Deane. "Welfare Reform Reforms Teens, Study Says." Washington Post, (May 28, 2002): A15.

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